BJP MPs who won in assembly polls resign from Lok Sabha; Raj CM hopeful Balaknath yet to quit
The BJP had fielded 18 MPs - seven each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and four in Chhattisgarh - to contest assembly elections.
Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday resigned from the post following the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party’s (SAD-BJP) defeat in the just concluded Assembly elections.
Before submitting his resignation to Governor VP Singh Badnore, 89-year-old Badal held the last meeting of his outgoing Cabinet on Sunday which recommended the dissolution of the 14th Punjab Assembly.
At the end of this meeting, the Cabinet profusely thanked the people of state for their unflinching support and cooperation during the last decade for upholding the ethos of peace and communal harmony besides ensuring all round development of the state.
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"The last decade saw Punjab becoming a power surplus state, from a power deficit one thereby relieving the people from power cuts besides developing a world class infrastructure along with international airports and perpetuating the glorious legacy of the state through beautification of Sri Amritsar Sahib," the resolution passed by the Cabinet read.
“Punjab emerged as a leading state during last 10 years where free power facility was given to farmers, dalits and weaker sections of society, Atta-Dal scheme for economically poor strata, scholarship schemes to boost students, free health care facilities and huge monetary relief for Cancer victims, regularisation of services of employees besides showcasing Punjab as a frontrunner state in field of health and education,” it said.
Despite mounting pressure, nobody was allowed to rob even a single drop of water of the state. Even the genesis of Satluj Yamuna Link canal was decimated by de-notifying the land acquired for this canal and giving it back to the original owners, the Cabinet said.
While the Congress won 77 of 117 seats in the Assembly, the SAD-BJP combine finished third by jointly winning 18 (15+3) seats. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) finished second with 20 seats. Two seats were won by
AAP’s alliance partner Lok Insaaf Party.
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